Horror's Lamest Monsters

Night of the Living Dud

But if you thought these collegiate creatures were the least scary monsters in big-screen history, you are dead wrong. From a demented dentist, to a killer cookie, to vicious vegetation, these monsters are the most horrible in horror.

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But if you thought these collegiate creatures were the least scary monsters in big-screen history, you are dead wrong. From a demented dentist, to a killer cookie, to vicious vegetation, these monsters are the most horrible in horror.

Meet the Shaquille O'Neal of horror movies. He's a slow, lumbering, hulk of a man who shies away at the sight of a mere spark. There's nothing scary about a beast who can be fought off with a Yankee Candle. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: AP Photo/File)

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How can we respect a horror villain who won't get his hands dirty? With a Tony Robbins-meets-Jack Kevorkian m.o. (not to mention a fondness for black robes, pig heads and ventriloquist dummies), Kramer should have called himself "Butter Knife." —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Lionsgate)

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Talk about false advertising. This 1990 sequel didn't even have any trolls, opting instead for a ridiculous pack of goblins from the town of Nilbog. That's "goblin" spelled backwards. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: MGM)

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In keeping with his tradition of epically disappointing plot twists, M. Night Shyamalan made the villains in his film "The Happening" something more terrifying than the Devil himself: Plants. —XFINITY Entertainment Staff (Photo: Fox)

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Sure, it may seem cliche to pick on Ed Wood's "Plan 9," which is widely regarded as the worst film ever made, but with re-animated zombies played by a pro-wrestler (Johnson), a TV horror star (Vampira) and a stand-in for the deceased Bella Lugosi, this film earns its spot.

The most embarrassing "monster" is, perhaps, the ominous beams of light, which shoot down from the UFOs, incinerating their victims.